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Compile v. t. (past & past part. compiled; pres. part. compiling)

To put together; to construct; to build. (Obs.) "Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile."

To contain or comprise. (Obs.) "Which these six books compile."

To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents. "He (Goldsmith) compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome."

To write; to compose. (Obs.)

(Computers) To process (computer program source code) with a compiler (2) to produce an assembly-language program or an executable program in machine language.

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"Compile" Quotes from Famous Books

... worship. Let persons be appointed by the bishop, elders, deacons, or preachers, to teach gratis all that will attend or have the capacity to learn, from six o'clock in the morning till ten, and from two o'clock in the afternoon till six, where it does not interfere with public worship. The council shall compile a proper school book to teach them learning and piety."—Rev. Charles Elliott's History of the Great Secession front the Methodist Episcopal Church, etc., ...

— The Education Of The Negro Prior To 1861 • Carter Godwin Woodson

... sources. Besides its force and brilliancy, its gaiety, wit, and dignity, its abundant richness is no less remarkable. It would be impossible and useless to compile a glossary of Voltaire's words. No French writer has used so few, and all of them are of the simplest. There is not one of them that is not part of the common speech, or which demands a note or an explanation. Rabelais' vocabulary, on the other hand, is of an astonishing ...

— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais

... pronunciation has induced several ingenious men to compile Exercises in Elocution for the use of schools, which have answered very useful purposes; but none, so far as I have seen, have attempted to give us a regular system of gesture suited to the wants and capacities of school-boys. Mr. Burgh, in his Art of Speaking, has given ...

— The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant • John Hamilton Moore

... Headquarters to get the figures. He was told that it would take twenty clerks at least four weeks to compile the data. ...

— An African Adventure • Isaac F. Marcosson

... Abbe Gama brought me a great book filled with ministerial letters from which I was to compile for my amusement. After a short time devoted to that occupation, I went out to take my first French lesson, after which I walked towards the Strada-Condotta. I intended to take a long walk, when I heard myself called by my name. ...

— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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